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Sportstest 12 weeks to Half Marathon. Saturday race, club runner with target 1:40 to 2:00

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Sportstest 12 weeks to Half Marathon. Saturday race, club runner with target 1:40 to 2:00

Includes Structured Workouts

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Author

Dr Garry Palmer

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Length

12 Weeks

Includes Structured Workouts

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Plan Description

This is a 12 week training plan designed for club runners and those targeting a 1:40 to 2 hour road half marathon (13.1 miles, or 21.1 km) and has been prepared by Dr Garry Palmer

Over the period of 84 days, the plan firstly builds training volume, then adds in a significant level of threshold running and ends with a 2 week taper. The taper in achieved by reducing both volume and duration of the sessions, whilst maintaining intensity. It is designed to get you to the start line in the best possible shape, and carefully takes consideration of overload and recovery.

The plan is best targeting to runners who have been running a minimum of 25 km (15 miles) per week for at least the previous 3-6 weeks in a preparation phase. It also assumes they will have previously undertaken at least 2 long steady runs over 45 mins duration.

The plan uses a combination of target distance (for interval sessions) but is focused on using heart rate based zone running (for longer aerobic efforts), but the athlete can easily switch these metrics to use the plan as duration based or pace based training sessions.

The plan is suitable for any road based half marathon. However, please note, it assumes that race day is on a SATURDAY. The plan can be reused for future races.

The sessions prescribed are based on Dr Palmers book Elite Performance Running; From Middle Distance to Marathon

PLEASE NOTE: The weekly and average weekly training hours shown in the summary are incorrect as TrainingPeaks fails to account for the duration of the intensity sessions. This will be corrected when you add your personal metrics for threshold heart rate and threshold pace. Apologies. :-)

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Run x5
02:54:00 01:30:00
Day Off x2
—— ——
Other x2
01:00:00 00:30:00
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Run
02:54:00 01:30:00
Day Off
—— ——
Other
01:00:00 00:30:00

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Heart Rate Monitor

All supported devices

Dr Garry Palmer

Sportstest

Sportstests' Dr Garry Palmer provides the ultimate personalised coaching & sports testing for cyclists, triathletes and runners. Whether you're a beginner or an elite athlete, knowing your personalised training zones will help you improve faster and to a higher level.

Testing provides a wealth of information such as your Vo2 max, aerobic threshold, lactate threshold, aerobic capacity and much more. Knowing how hard to train and where your weaknesses lie will help you become a better athlete.


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